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Don’t re-create a mask—make a quick copy instead

Added on Friday 3rd of June 2011 05:33 am EST

Application:

Adobe Photoshop CS2/CS3/CS4/CS5

Operating Systems:

Macintosh, Microsoft Windows

I’m creating a photo montage and I want to apply the same layer mask to multiple layers. Rather than re-creating the mask, I’d like to copy it. Is there a way to copy and paste layer masks onto other layers?